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described by Mr. R. P. Knight, in his attack on Brown's 

 followers, 



To improve, adorn, and polish they profess ; 

 But shave the goddess whom they came to dress 



There are some few trees which have felt the terrific effects 

 of winter winds ; these cannot be removed without endanger- 



ing others to which they have long been the advanced 



guard ; and so far from wishing them trimmed, or otherwise 



reduced to a softer character, I consider them like a dry rugged 

 channel of a Winter's cataract, leaving in Summer sublime 

 memorials of the power of Nature's mighty agents : they form 

 a contrast to the generally prevailing forms of beauty ; and for 

 this reason I have recommended, near the same spot where the 

 ridge of the hill is to be cut down a little to ease the descent 



of the road, that its banks should be left steep and abrupt, 





and not smoothed and turfed over; since a road is an artificial 



object, and may be avowed in such cases as a work of art. 

 s this chasm, dividing the land from the sea views, will be 

 one of the most striking stations at Sherringham, I have called 

 it the Scalp, from a noted scar of this kind in Ireland. The 

 annexed View is supposed to be taken from this spot. 



INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT 



is remarkable, that of the many thousand plans which 



ave been made in different ages and countries, no one has 



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